the use of alcohol, gossip, guests being involved in affairs, and a women being hit by a man. Assignment 3.1 Lucille and Jordan shared the rumors of Gatsby being a murderer or a Russian spy. Assignment 3.2 You learn from this chapter that Jordan Baker had a very outgoing personality, she was a professional golfer, she was a reckless driver, and she seemed very careless. Assignment 4.1 Gatsby tells Nick that: 1. he came from a wealthy family 2. he was educated at Oxford 3. he was a…
the best known is “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker.” In this text he delights his reader with humor, to both keep the reader interested and serve as a buffer for the information also contained in this text. “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” takes place in a courtroom in Connecticut. Miss Baker is being prosecuted for having a child out of wedlock for the fifth time. Franklin seeks to delight his readers immediately in the forward as he writes: Miss Baker was able to have the…
Satirical piece of literature The Speech of Miss Polly Baker, Benjamin Franklin uses a sarcastic and sassy tone to help get his point across that the government is flawed. “These Things I never was charged with; nor has any one the least cause of Complaint against me, unless,…
Not all people were lucky enough to grow up in a loving family with both their mother and father, some people were put in bad living situations or sold of as child workers. In Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train, the idea of giving children a new home was a good one, unfortunately the trains and how this situation played out was an awful idea. The trains put the children in terrible situations when they easily could have stayed at the orphanage and waited until a family actually wanted them.…
Bibi is a woman from Afghanistan known all around the world for her famous picture on the cover of the 2010 Time magazine. It showed her face without a nose with a troubling comment on the side, “What happens if we leave Afghanistan” (Baker). The article by Aryn Baker explains, she was beaten and abused by her husband’s family, Aisha Bibi fled to her parents after she could no longer take the abuse. She was then dragged away by a group of men from the Taliban and taken back to her husband. She…
In the case study, we can know about two people the different backgrounds, personalities and points of view and how these two characters interact. It is, John Baker and Matthew Rennalls. This people have a many different and knowledge. John Baker is the chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies. The second character Matt Rennalls. He is the assistance engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in the West Indies. In the case, it more discuss…
Teddy Baker: The Big Defeat When I was younger I was a lanky boy in middle school, who could only dream of one day becoming an All-Star baseball player. The problem was, I could barely throw a pitch. I tried real hard to master it… trust me; I’m just not one for sports. This was the case ever since I was seven. But after six years, the suffering ended and I moved to Miami, Florida. Now, you’re most likely asking yourself, “How is moving going to replace your bad talent?” Well, let me tell you.…
Summary: In the book, 13 Reasons Why, you hear about the life of Hannah Baker and why it ended how it did and while she was still a young girl. Before Hannah decides to take her life, she records a series of tapes and passes them around to people who are the reasons why she took her life. As each person receives the tapes that Hannah recorded and realize that they are the reasons why she killed herself, there all seems to be problems between them. Some of the people recorded on the tapes don’t…
Hannah Baker committed suicide. She left 13 tapes for the 13 reasons she committed suicide. Clay Jensen, the boy who had a crush on Hannah since he saw her, now has the tapes. He 's on them. He listens, waits for his tape and finds out why Hannah commits suicide. The first tape is for Justin Foley. He was Hannah 's first kiss and he over exaggerated the story. Clay remembers the the rumors and it was the first reason he didn 't get to know her freshman year. These rumors would affect her for…
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, two main female characters – Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker – both can be compared and contrasted in many different ways, but the most prominent are their differing personalities and similar background. Daisy Buchanan's personality is that of radiant sunshine. She is a lover who tries to be responsible for her actions, but sometimes gets lost in her indecisiveness and often has others make her decisions for her. She is quite a happy person on the…